P.Mich.inv. 987 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 987
Processing Number
3248
Section/Side
B; Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
Duplicate of P.Mich.inv. 987A
Material
Pap
Size
11 x 14.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
16
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
broken off at the bottom; damaged along a vertical fold
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
ca. 166-169 A.D.
Origin
Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
June 1922; Acquired from Nahman through the British Museum
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Psenamounis, son of Psenamounis, priest
Type of Text/Title of Work
Petition to an Epistrategos
Content
The priest Psenamounis, of Bacchias, complains to the epistrategos Lucceius Ofellianus that he has been improperly assigned by the ekboleus chomaton to work on the dike corvée, despite an exemption from such work which had been granted to him at least 11 years previously because of his poor eyesight
Persons
Lucceius Ofellianus, epistrategos;
Psenamounis son of Psenamounis grandson of Psenamounis, hiereus;
Antoninus (Pius), former Emperor;
Sempronius Liberalis, former prefect;
(unnamed) komogrammateus and ekboleus chomaton of Bacchias
Geographica
Bacchias
Translation
To his excellency Lucceius Ofellianus, epistrategos, from Psenamounis, son of Psenamounis and grandson of Psenamounis, from the village of Bacchias, priest.
As long ago as the 18th year of the deified Aelius Antoninus I, together with some other men, was by reason of my weak vision granted exemption (from corvée labor) by order of Sempronius Liberalis, who then served as prefect; well now, the village secretary and ekboleus chomaton of Bacchias has just assigned me to work on the dikes of the [- - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich XI Shelton JC 1971 618 (B) Shelton JC, PMich XI, 618 (B), 1971

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
Tomasz Derda, ARSINOITHS NOMOS. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Warsaw 2006, p. 201

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
166
Year End
169

Technical Details

Image Size
3480 x 4554
File Size
2 MB
Record
3248
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3248/987br_a.tif

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